He was right. At the time positionless basketball wasn't for public consumption. Vivek also wasn't knowledgeable enough to talk shop with actual NBA professionals. Should have just been listening and taking it in.
To me it sounds like Malone already had issues with Vivek, so when Vivek tried to get into Xs and Os, Malone chose to roll his eyes and make fun of him to media. If Malone respected Vivek, he would have treated it as a guy interested in the game and educated him a bit.
Wonder if this happened after Malones dad had quit.
Positionless basketball was defined by the Warriors but there's no indication he understood that as a flexible concept and one that can't just be grafted onto a basketball program overnight
Maybe ironic or maybe predictable, we've finally found success with a traditional system and roster that's a callback to basketball 20 years ago. We have clearly defined roles, including the defining wrinkle of the Y2K era of the passing big, led by the progeny of that change himself
The only thing that distinguishes this team from the early aughts style is a PF volume 3 shooter and a PG who's done work to eliminate the midrange (altho clearly part of his natural game)
We're a very postional- based team. Maybe the one contemporary mantra we've followed is "we zig when they zag" - giving up a prototypical 2020 guard for a 2000 center
But Vivek has also bought into a more timeless guiding principle - hire good talent and get out of their way
